that a deal to avert the fiscal cliff can, in fact, be reached by christmas. there's a look at the markets right now. perhaps that's what brought the dow back into positive territory. now sits with a gain of 20 points. s&p 500 up one-third of 1%. market's recovering at least part of what they lost during those comments earlier from house speaker john boehner. let's do a market flash now with mary thompson. retail big story today, mar. >> big story. we're watching some of those retail names go down today, scott. a number of retailers actually came in weaker than expected. same-store sales for the month of november including target, macy's and kohl's. all reporting a decline in same-store sales as analysts had been expecting an increase. target, a little more cautious on its comments. macy's saying despite a decline in same-store sales it still expects same-store sales for the fourth quarter to be in excess of 4%. kohl's also sticking with its profit outlook for the quarter as well. expecting that a strong start to the holiday shopping season will bode well for